Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over Power Ministry as outage worsens

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has taken control of the country’s Ministry of Energy assisted by two deputy ministers. This follows the resignation on Friday of Minister Kanja Sesay amid a week-long electricity problem. The government also acknowledges that it paid $17 million of the $48 million it owes a Turkish company— Karpowership— for providing power to Freetown, the capital. Information Minister Chernor Bah denies energy minister Sesay is being scapegoated. He tells VOA’s James Butty, Sesay did the honorable thing in the middle of a crisis